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To ALL wHoM IrMAY conocen:

Be tfknown that I, Ernani; CAPEN, of Batavia, `in the county of Kane', and `State of 1l1inois,h sve invented ,n a new and useful Improvement in Trus'ses; and Ido hereby declare and'make known that thefollowing is afull, 'n

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to' the accompanyingdrawings and the'letters and figures marked, thereon, which form part of this specication.

To enable those .skilledin the'art' to construct and use my invention, will pioceed'l tojdesoribe'th'e same withfpartic'ularity, making reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in 'which-'- Figure 1v represents a front view of myinvention. Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same; and Figure is a side or edge view thereof.

Similar letters, of reference in -the several guresindieate the same parts 'of 'my invention. t

A. represents the ordinary 4spring' and belt, whichpasses around 'the body and holds the operating partsof the truss in position'upon the rupture; a representinga series of slotskorholes which' are buttoned upon `the button b, and thus secures the'belt upon the wearer.' Upon theeud of the spring inthe belt there is forged, cr formed, or attached a'rod,'c, projecting out from the' end of the belt, as shown, andupon said rod there `'is cast or otherwise permanently attached a stationary collar or shoulder, B, its abutting or outer surface sloping haelt:` i l as shown, formiugan inclined vbutment, 4against: which the face of the movable collar C; adjacent thereto, rests l and operates, a's hereinafter set forth. The yend of said rod c is cutin'form of a screw,`upo n which the'mit' D .is' l placed, by the turning 'of which the movable collar C. is pressed agaiustthe aforesaid abutment- B, as desired.`

The said moyable collar C has a' rotary` as well as a sliding movement uponv the said rod h, and attached thereto' is the pendent arxulE IF, upon and te which the 4truss pad" is secured or attached, as .hereinafter described. Thepart E ofthe arm aforesaid forms one piece withthe said movablecolla'r C, and ythe part F is pivbted -thereto at d, forming ajoint or elbow, permitting the pad G to be moved laterally, as is indicated by the red lines in g. 1,' thus a'ording a great degree of adjustability to thepad. The said parts E F of the divided arm orlever are held securely together by the headed screw `e,wjhich,clamps the lower' edge of E securely, .as shovml clearly y in iig. 8. The lower end of the arm F, wherethe pad is attached,"is stampedout so as to `forln'n boss,"

as shown at g, in lig.4 3, thus allowing a free rotating and rocking motion to thepad, rendering it much easier i to th`e`wearer.' By the arrangement of the sloping adjacent faces ofthe stationary and movable collars B C, ,I

hereinbefcre described, it will be observed that any requireddegree of pressure upon -therupturemay be secured by pressing or releasing the nut D uponorfrom the collar C. The-outward pressure of the.body "upon the 'l pad 'means ofthe wedging-of the collars aforesaid holds the nut D immovable,'but by pressing the srm'EF 'slightly inwards the nut is released, .when it may be adjusted as desired. Insteadof the lfri'cti'onul surfaces 'herein described for holding the pad in'theh required position, ne ratchet teethmay be out upon the abutting` Y faces of the shoulder B and collar. C, but as these teeth' would soon wear ed' and ,the truss' become useless, :I:4 n cre'fer the `frictional arrangement herein described, asin this case the wearing of theofaces only ts them 'more L closely together as the nut can follow them upfand keep the parts inproper position to effect, the object desired.

lllygeversing or swinging over the arm EF upon the shaft c, and readjusting the pad, which isdoneby taking out the screw d and reversingjxhe face'cf the pad, and-securing the arm F upon the opposite side'of the arm E,

the' truss maybe accommodated to the left side.` The lateral adjustment of the pad is .ed'ected by slightly loosenv in place., t n t I Y i y Having described theconstruetion and operation of my invention, I4 will now specify what 'I claim, and

'desire to secure by Letters Patent purposes speciiied and shown.

1. I claim the combination andarrangement, of the shaft o, provided with an` inclineds'ltationary .shoulder the 'requiredpositiom when the screw istightened to hold-it'drmly,

B, the nut D, movable collar C, audits pad arm, operating substantially as described. for thepurpose of adjusting and securing the requisite pressure as herein set forth and specified. n

2. I claim constructing the pad arm in two parts E F pivoted together 'as described, for the purpose of ud'ording a lateral adjustment to the pad as herein set forth. i, t f p j n 3. I claimforming a boss, g, upon-the arm F, wliereuntoV the pad is attached substantially as'and for the `arritmias earns. L"

' Witnesses: v 4

Winnen Garmt, Hana! O. Parecen 

